definition of
selection

[1] #1 selection n. [choice, option, pick] the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick". wn

[2] #2 selection n. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes". wn

[3] #3 selection n. [choice, pick] the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor". wn

[4] #4 selection n. [survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection] a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. wn

[5] #5 selection n. [excerpt, excerption, extract] a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings". wn